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J. GHEYNE.

DRAWING ATTACHMENT FON GANDTNG MACHINES. No. 391.781

. Patented Oct. 30, 1888.

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J. CHEYNE. DRAWING ATTACHMENT POR GARDING MACHINES.

Patented oet. 30,1888..

Unirse' STATES Aralar JOHN CHEYNE, OF PATERSON, NEV JERSEY.

DRAWING ATTACHMENT FOR CARD!NG-=MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,781, dated October 30, 1888.

Application filed June 15, 1888. Serial No. 277.162. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OHEYNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Drawing Attachments for Carding Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to carding-machines, and has for its object to straighten out and partly draw the carded ber in the cardingmachine preparatory to transferring the same to the drawing-machine.

The invention resides in devices that are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an ordinary earding-machine with my invention attached. Figs. 2 and 3 show opposite ends of my invention detached; and Fig. 4 is a front view of the same, in which gure the shaft is broken.

A represents a portion of au ordinary carding-machine, having the usual supporting frame, A', transverse brace A2, shaft a, rollers e e', cylinder f, and gears g, g', g2, g, g4, b, b', and c. The machine, which is constructed as usual, need not,it is thought, be further described herein.

Iu bearings suitably arranged in the machine-frame I journal rollers B and O. In the periphery of the roller B, I arrange pins or teeth B', which teeth or pins are adapted to pass through the carded jute or other ber and straighten out the same longitudinally preparatory to the bers passing to the roller C and between the said roller C and roller D, which last-mentioned rollers, owing to the quickness of their speed, are adapted to partly draw the carded and straightened ber preparatory to the transfer of the bers to the drawing-machine. The roller Dis arranged in bearings D', formed in an upward-project` ing part of the frame A', and receives its motion from the roller C by its contact therewith, but is held in contact more or less yieldingly with the roller C, to accommodate the ber n, by rods D2, spring D, and screw D, that conneet cap-bearings D and cross-bar D5, as shown. The jute or other ber passes from between the rollers C and D to an idler-roller, E, and between the idler E and drawing-roller C. Theidler E is arranged in slots E', that are formed in projecting portions E3 of the machine-frame, and in said slots the roller E is adapted to accommodate itself to the wants of the bers.

The roller C is provided with gears c2 and d, the former of which gears with and is actuated by an intermediate gear, c', which latter gears with and is turned by a gear, c, xed on the shaft c, which shaft and roller e thereon are turned by gear g4, that gears with and is rotated by gear g, that meshes with and is actuated by gear r/Z, which latter gears with like gear-Wheel, g', that receives its motion from pinion g, Xed on the cylinder shaft ff, as shown.

The roller e receives its motion from a pinion, b, on the shaft a, that gears with a gear, b', on the said roller e. The toothed roller B is turned by an intermediate gear-wheel, d', that meshes with and is turned by a pinion, d, on the roller C, while the intermediate d' gears with and imparts motion to gear dzon roller B.

The intermediate gear, c', from which the roller C receives its motion, is arranged on a stud, r, fixed in a bar, O2, which bar at its upper end is pivoted on the shaft a, and which has a slotted lower end, CH, that is secured to the frame A by a bolt, O4, and which can be adjusted to suit alarger or smaller gear, c', to regulate the speed of the roller C.

The machineis supposed to be in motion and the carded ber n to be delivered to the roller B by rollers e e. rIhe ber, while the sameis passing over the roller B to the drawing-rollers Gand D, is penetrated and straightened by the action of the pins or teeth B. The carded andstraightenedber then passes between the rollers C and D, and is partly drawn by the last-mentioned rollers, and passes between the idler E and roller C, preparatory to the transfer of the ber to the drawing-machine.

The toothed roller B and drawing-roller C may be speeded up indefinitely to accomplish the straightening and drawing of the ber, by reason of which the carding-maehine can be ICO run at a higher speed to increase the production of the same, While the drawing-machine to which the straightened and partly-drawn fiber is taken from the machine A can com- 5 plete the drawing of thejute or other liber at a qnickened speed with less strain by reason of my invention. rl`hus it will be seen that a given quantity of jute or other iiber can be carded and drawn with a less number of cardro ing and drawing machines by reason of my invention, While the spun yarn made from a cheaper material will by reason of the same command a higher price in the market than will yarn made from the best material without 15 the use of my invention.

JOHN CI-IEYNE.

Witnesses:

JAMES CAUNCE, WILLIAM STEWART. 

